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51 F.3d 59 · 1995

Citation profile

17
cited by 17 later decisions
October 1999
most recently cited

9 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

Relies on Murray v. Carrier · Schlup v. Delo · Sanders v. United States · McCleskey v. Zant · Kuhlmann v. Wilson

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “the prisoner in Sanders was allowed a hearing because his first petition was dismissed as a deficient pleading.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “it is more likely than not that no reasonable juror would have convicted him in the light of the new evidence.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “'a constitutional violation has probably resulted in the conviction of one who is actually innocent,'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.